On Sat, 2008-09-13 at 09:28 +0200, Adam Williamson wrote: > On Sat, 2008-09-13 at 01:27 +0100, Philip Aston wrote: > > Hi Mark, you may remember helping me out (that's an understatement) with > > ipaq/evolution synchronization some months ago. I said I'd draft out a > > wiki and still intend to. I have a few little hints that could prove > > useful- eg keeping the ./synce and ./multisync directories clear of > > redundant files, and proving the connection with calendar and tasks > > before bringing the contacts in- but I'd like to iron out a few problems > > first. > > > > Appreciating that there probably aren't too many wm2003 devices still in > > use and that those who still insist on keeping them- and using Linux- > > are usually able to connect as root, it's not imperative to enable users > > to do so without root or sudo privileges. However, Scott remarked that > > there may be a tweak in udev/hotplug that would make this connection > > available to users, and that he had a script that might help- if it's > > viable for me I'll look into it. I am a little puzzled by the fact that > > other devices can be mounted for general use, but these pda's seem to > > require quite different methods! > > I don't mean to sound rude, but you're a while out of date here. :) > We've moved on from the synce-serial stuff. synce-hal handles WM2003 > devices very similarly to WM5+ devices; there's no need for all the > synce-serial crap any more, they just work when they're plugged in. With > synce-hal , HAL triggers hal-dccm to load, and it works fine with WM2003 > devices. >
Adam is right on the money there, forget everything you knew before :) and install synce-hal. You'll need to remove vdccm or odccm, or at least stop them running. > I'm not sure of the status on password protection, though. I haven't > tried that. > -- Install synce-trayicon, it'll pick up the password requirement and ask you to enter one. Mark
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